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Temple University
Two Silverliner IV trains entering Temple University station
General information
Location	915 West Berks Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	39°58′54″N 75°08′58″W / 39.9816°N 75.1495°W / 39.9816; -75.1495
Owned by	SEPTA
Line(s)	SEPTA Main Line
Platforms	2 island platforms
Tracks	4
Connections	SEPTA City Bus: 3, 23, 47
Construction
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	CC
History
Opened	1911 (1911)
Rebuilt	1992
Passengers
2017	3,191 boardings 2,682 alightings (weekday average)
Rank	4 of 146
Services
Preceding station SEPTA Following station Jeffersontoward Airport Airport Line Wayne Junctiontoward Glenside Jeffersontoward Chestnut Hill West Chestnut Hill West Line Terminus Jeffersontoward Wawa Media/Wawa Line Jeffersontoward Thorndale Paoli/​Thorndale Line Jeffersontoward Trenton Trenton Line Jeffersontoward Newark Wilmington/​Newark Line Jeffersontoward 30th Street Station Chestnut Hill East Line Wayne Junctiontoward Chestnut Hill East Fox Chase Line Wayne Junctiontoward Fox Chase Lansdale/​Doylestown Line North Broadtoward Doylestown Jeffersontoward Penn Medicine Manayunk/​Norristown Line North Broadtoward Norristown–Elm Street Warminster Line Wayne Junctiontoward Warminster West Trenton Line Wayne Junctiontoward West Trenton
Former services (SEPTA) Preceding station SEPTA Following station Spring Garden Streettoward Reading Terminal Bethlehem Line Wayne Junctiontoward Allentown Chestnut Hill East Line Wayne Junctiontoward Chestnut Hill East Newtown Line Wayne Junctiontoward Newtown Manayunk/​Norristown Line North Broadtoward Norristown–Elm Street Lansdale/​Doylestown Line North Broadtoward Doylestown      Pottsville Line did not stop here Spring Garden Streettoward Reading Terminal Warminster Line Wayne Junctiontoward Warminster West Trenton Line Wayne Junctiontoward Newark Penn Station
Former services (Reading) Preceding station Reading Railroad Following station Spring Garden Streettoward Philadelphia Main Line North Broad Streettoward Pottsville Bethlehem Branch North Broad Streettoward Bethlehem New York Branch North Broad Streettoward Bound Brook Norristown Branch North Broad Streettoward Elm Street Girard Avenuetoward Philadelphia Chestnut Hill Branch North Broad Streettoward Chestnut Hill
Track layout Legend CHEFOXDOY NORWARWTR Norris St. Berks St. AIRCHWWAW THOTRENWK
Location

Temple University station is an above-ground SEPTA Regional Rail station located at the eastern edge of the Temple University campus at 915 West Berks Street between 9th and 10th Streets, in the Cecil B. Moore section of Lower North Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The station is in the Center City fare zone, although the station itself is located in North Philadelphia.

There is a small ticket kiosk located at the base of the stairs on the street level. Temple University maintains a security kiosk at street level. Stairways and two elevators lead up to the high-level platforms at track level. There are two island platforms serving four tracks. Each platform is 380 feet (120 meters) long, long enough to platform four cars with only the end doors being used. The platforms have a canopy overhead and some wind-breaking walls but are otherwise exposed to the weather.

This station is located approximately 2.6 track miles from Suburban Station. In FY 2005, Temple University station was the fourth busiest station in SEPTA's Regional Rail system, with 2,448 average total weekday boardings and 2,593 average weekday alightings. The station also has two large bicycle racks that both have roofs above them to protect bikes against the weather. The station can easily accommodate 30+ bicycles. The racks are also in full view of the 24-hour security guard.

Station history

Built in 1911, the old Temple University station achieved infamy in November 1984 when SEPTA was forced to shut down the Reading side of the railroad above North Broad Street Station. A few days after the Center City Commuter Connection and Market East station (now Jefferson Station) fully opened, some of the girders supporting the tracks in the platform area on the bridge over the avenue were discovered to be in imminent danger of collapse. The emergency repairs, completed early in 1985, included demolishing the station and replacing it with temporary wooden low-level platforms and steel stairs which served until the new station opened. This event helped draw attention to the deterioration of North American railroad and transit infrastructure; the two-year-long RailWorks project which resulted would provide a permanent, modern station at a location more convenient to Temple's campus.

The station was opened in 1992 and was built for $37 million as part of SEPTA's RailWorks project to rebuild the Reading Railroad viaduct in North Philadelphia. The station sits on the Reading side of the system and almost all trains stop here. The new station replaced the older Temple University station, which was originally named Columbia Avenue (a street since renamed Cecil B. Moore Avenue). The old station, located at 39°58′39″N 75°08′59″W / 39.977465°N 75.149835°W / 39.977465; -75.149835, had two island platforms serving all four tracks, but was served by only a few peak hour trains by the time SEPTA began operation of the railroad.

Station layout

The station has two island platforms serving four tracks.

Gallery

• Norris Street entrance
• Station platform facing north
• Front entrance

References

1. "Fare Zone Map" (PDF). SEPTA.
2. "Fiscal Year 2021 Service Plan Update". SEPTA. June 2020. p. 24. Retrieved March 11, 2022.
3. SEPTA (2006). Temple University Station. Archived 2006-10-02 at the Wayback Machine
4. "SEPTA (May 2006). Annual Service Plan 2007. p. 83" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-01-05. (539 KiB)

External links

Media related to Temple University (SEPTA station) at Wikimedia Commons

• SEPTA – Temple University station
• Berks Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Norris Street entrance from Google Maps Street View

v t e SEPTA Regional Rail stations
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Cynwyd	Cynwyd Bala Wynnefield Avenue 30th Street Suburban
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Manayunk/Norristown	Elm Street Main Street Norristown Conshohocken Spring Mill Miquon Ivy Ridge Manayunk Wissahickon East Falls Allegheny North Broad Temple University Jefferson Suburban 30th Street Penn Medicine
Media/Wawa	Wawa Elwyn Media Moylan–Rose Valley Wallingford Swarthmore Morton Secane Primos Clifton–Aldan Gladstone Lansdowne Fernwood–Yeadon Angora 49th Street Penn Medicine 30th Street Suburban Jefferson Temple University
Paoli/Thorndale	Thorndale Downingtown Whitford Exton Malvern Paoli Daylesford Berwyn Devon Strafford Wayne St. Davids Radnor Villanova Rosemont Bryn Mawr Haverford Ardmore Wynnewood Narberth Merion Overbrook 30th Street Suburban Jefferson Temple University
Trenton	Trenton Levittown Bristol Croydon Eddington Cornwells Heights Torresdale Holmesburg Junction Tacony Bridesburg North Philadelphia 30th Street Suburban Jefferson Temple University
Warminster	Warminster Hatboro Willow Grove Crestmont Roslyn Ardsley Glenside Jenkintown–Wyncote Elkins Park Melrose Park Fern Rock Wayne Junction North Broad Temple University Jefferson Suburban 30th Street Penn Medicine
West Trenton	West Trenton Yardley Woodbourne Langhorne Neshaminy Falls Trevose Somerton Forest Hills Philmont Bethayres Meadowbrook Rydal Noble Jenkintown–Wyncote Elkins Park Melrose Park Fern Rock Wayne Junction Temple University Jefferson Suburban 30th Street Penn Medicine
Wilmington/Newark	Newark Churchmans Crossing Wilmington Claymont Marcus Hook Highland Avenue Chester Eddystone Crum Lynne Ridley Park Prospect Park Norwood Glenolden Folcroft Sharon Hill Curtis Park Darby Penn Medicine 30th Street Suburban Jefferson Temple University
Former stations	52nd Street Allentown Andalusia Auburn Baldwin Barmouth Belle Mead Bethlehem Birdsboro Bound Brook Bryn Athyn Center Valley Cheyney Churchville Coatesville Columbia Avenue County Line Crescentville Darlington DeKalb Street Fellwick Fishers Frankford Junction Franklin Street Fulmor George School Glen Mills Glen Riddle Hamburg Hellertown Holland Hopewell Huntingdon Valley Ivy Rock Lamokin Street Leesport Lenni Locksley Logan Manayunk West Mohrsville Mogees Newark Penn Newtown Nicetown Parkesburg Phoenixville Pottstown Pottsville Quakertown Reading Terminal Royersford Schuylkill Haven Shawmont Shoemakersville Southampton Spring Garden Street Tioga Valley Forge Walnut Hill West Chester West Chester University Westmoreland Westtown Williamson School Wissinoming

v t e Temple University
Located in: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Campuses	Main Campus (location) Ambler Campus Japan Campus Rome Campus
Schools	Beasley School of Law Boyer College of Music and Dance Fox School of Business and Management Tyler School of Art Maurice H. Kornberg School of Dentistry School of Medicine School of Podiatric Medicine School of Pharmacy College of Science and Technology
Athletics	Temple Owls Football Men's basketball Women's basketball Men's soccer St. Joe's – Temple rivalry Liacouras Center McGonigle Hall Temple Stadium Veterans Stadium Lincoln Financial Field Erny Field Skip Wilson Field
People	Alumni and faculty Graduate Students Association
Miscellaneous	2023 strike Temple Health Temple University station Cecil B. Moore station The Temple News Temple University Press TECH Center WRTI
Founded: 1884 Students: 39,515 Endowment: 873 million

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